Upskilling and reskilling outlook 33 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203032 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role24 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed10 Global11 Would be unl ikely to upsk ill Human-machine frontier Human-machine frontier % of tasks completed by pr edom inantly people, pr edom inantly technology , or a comb ination of both Human Global Comb ination Global Technology Global ALL TASKS Now 44%34%22% 48% 30% 22% 2030 31%38%31% 33% 33% 34%Public policy Public policies to improve talent availability Share of r espondents who agr ee that the par ticular publ ic pol icy has the gr eatest potent ial to increase the talent ava ilability Region Global REGION GLOBAL Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 56% 55% Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 56% 52% Flexibility on h iring and ﬁr ing pract ices 46% 44% Changes to labour laws r elated to r emote work 40% 36% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 40% 47% Key barriers for business transformation Transformation barriers Share of organ isations surveyed expect ing the barr iers w ill hinder the ir organ isation transfor mation Region Global REGION GLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 67% 63% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 48% 37% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 42% 46% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 35% 32% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 33% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’ compensat ion as percentage of the company’ s total r evenues Growing Global Similar Global Declining Global 35%52%14% 52% 41% 7% Talent availability outlook Talent trend Share of r espondents who expect the ir talent ava ilability to improve or worsen in ﬁve years Improving Global average Worsen ing Global average Talent ava ilability when h iring 43% -100% +100% 22% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 4% -100% +100% 69% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 22% -100% +100% 29%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 79 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives67 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff64 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 84 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI82 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills66 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Region Proﬁle Northern AmericaWorking Age Population (Millions) 255.5 Future of Jobs Report 2025 233